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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Dish

ca. 1530 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish for a ewer.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish for a ewer, portrait of lady in profile in central medallion painted with inscription 'LORENZA.BA', made in Deruta, about 1530, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish for a ewer.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.3cm
  • Height: 2.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'LORENZA.BA' (Italian. Painted in Roman script on the central boss.)
Gallery label
Dish depicting Portrait of a lady in profile in central medallion Made in Deruta, Italy About 1530 painted with inscription LORENZA.BA (for lorenza bella, beautiful Lorenza) Tin-glazed earthenware 1432-1856(16/07/2008)
Object history
Durlacher.

Purchase price note: Bought for £5 5s.
Production
J Mallet, 11/02/97
1 suspension hole drilled on the rim.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
753 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1432-1856

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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